Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-08-05

fancied they took her for an impostor,
they had been 50 eluctant to part with
any information. She should hear
from them in few days. and in the
me antime she must kindly I'LL in the
answers to certain questions on 4 pa
per thAV had given her.
And = thought l should almost have
had It in my pocket by this time, = she
said to herself, ruefully. Well
must have patience for another week
or So Il is sure to be settled then; on
ly-only Id have liked to have some
thing certain TO tell Mr.. Lawrence. /"
/ Mr.. Lawrence sympathized with her
over the delay almost as deeply as she
did x with herself when she told him the
result OF her visit the next day. Bar
bara was quite struck with the way he
seemed to enter into all her feelings.
.sAnd they did not even give Won 81,
idea how much 1t was likely ia be Pr he
asked.
mot exactly g. admitted Barbara.
..but they were So cautious / could tell
BY their manner that it must be q good
DEAL I'll. i .@8l.s. y ~ 7... q
II don't know if that is altogether =
criterion. These old lawyers are yery
deceptive sometimes he reioined.
However, you can get that paper fill
ed up and sent in; and I would not lose
any time about it, if I were you.'' he
added.
John Grant was the next person to
whom, she had to explain her non-suc-
cess. l + & ssst ..z .3 81
.Just what I expected, Miss Bar
bara," he said, cheerfullY. Zone is
never sure Of a chance of that kind till
one has actually got 1t. would not
build upon it in any way, if I were IN
your place = -. a :. .i.ss%| !,
~ on don't seem to have had a for.
tunate experience in that way,'' re-
torted Barbara, ungratefully.. sit is
only deferred in this case, and I am in
no hurry for few days" @ "
Days p echoed John. There's q
q man in our Office has waited wears.
and is likely to wait, as far as I can
see. " I. &57 r ~ ~ "
Mrs. Stewart was an other painful
thorn IN the path of this iuncture,
Barbara, my d ear" She remarked
one day after school was dismissed.
.'were you paying any attention what.
ever to the practice this afternoon ~,
Barbara flushed scarlet. II was he
side the piano the whole time.'' She
declared. III.
s.: + ..Your body may have been there.
but your mind certainly was not. Now.
my dear, you must really endeayor to
put this unfortunate legacy out of
your. head for the present YOU have
been fit for very little since it was first
mentioned. So far it has proved de-
cidedly the reverse of any advantage
to you,'' 's Z. -,,5&. IA Ffs.,.7
Ten days later came the much-look-
editor communication from Messrs.
bod & Son. .sThey were in REGENT of
Miss Reeds paper, and could assure
her the matter should have their best
attention, and were hers most ob;dient-
ly," etc. = z:~ 70
Barbara flung it into her desk with
a disappointed face. 1t was tedious to
be Obliged to wait in suspense like this
She would hardly know how to get
through the time but for Mr.. Law
renc's attention and warm interest in
the upshot John Grants's indiffer-
ence, not to say scepticisnn, on the sub
ject threw up his rivals superior
qualities in full relief, and yet there
were times when Barbarafelt Just little
puzzled that Mr.. Lawrence went no
farther. With all his solicitude, and
looks that said more than words he
never absolutely committed himself to
anything more binding than friend
ship. .r#at - p,
Il can't ask him. she said one day,
under her breath. as she walked slowly
home after one of these accidental
meetings. 'But, oh, do wish he
would say straight out what ne means,
or else keep away altogether. It makes
one feel so unsettled" ..@.= # 5
r. Poor Barbara was to feel more un-
settled still before she reached home.
It was a lovely summer. evening, and
fifty yards farther on she was Joined
by another scayalier-John Grant this
time. She shrank back at first hall
afraid of some testing INQUIRY after
Messrs. bod g. Son, but she speedily
discovered that he seemed. to have for
gotten their very existence. There
was something else in his mind, and he
lost no time in saying very straight
out indeed what 1t was. +
4 may not be able TO otter you tine
house and luxuries, he said, but
have saved plenty to begin in comfort,
and think we might be very happy to-
gether if you would only try. have
thought about it for the last two years
and worked hard to be able to tell you
o<> - 5ta .Sgt#. 49,